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The holy trinity of a great get-together is food, refreshments and entertainment, with bonus points if you can keep everything on theme. For a backyard BBQ, summer picnic or pool party, that means breezy outdoor games that can be picked up quick to invite everyone in on the fun. With full bellies and happy hearts, your guests will leave your place thinking, "Best. Party. Ever."

Garage sale-ing offers the thrill of the bargain hunt and helps us in our quest to reuse and recycle — but not everything is "good as new," even if it appears so on the outside. Here are 14 things that, for the sake of your safety, your wallet, or the ick factor are probably not worth even their garage sale prices.

I find the idea of wedding gifts and wedding registries so wonderfully romantic. These are the items you'll be using for the rest of your lives, as you spend the rest of your lives together, each one infused with the love of the person who so generously gave it to you. If you're the sort who only wants to own a few things, but wants each one of them to be (multi)functional, look beautiful, and last forever, this is the wedding registry for you. Cheers!

Heading off to the dorms soon? Need twin size sheets that are appropriate for your newly-minted status as an adult, but aren't boring? Here are 15 sets of dorm room-ready bedding- which is the same number of times I wondered to myself, "What on earth are college kids into these days?" Bunnies and skulls, I hope...

It's been all over the internet for the past week; Amazon's celebrating their anniversary with a day of sales set up to rival Black Friday, dubbed Prime Day. Throughout the day, new sales will pop up for shoppers who belong to - or join - their membership program, Prime. We'll be adding the "worth it" ones to our list below the jump - check it out throughout the day, and for those about to Prime, may the force be with you!

Your space at school is small, but that doesn't mean you sacrifice style. It doesn't matter that Ashley Goldberg designed these bean bag loungers for Land of Nod kids. If I were off to college, I'd snap this pink pattern up faster than you can say "Back to School." Check out more great, compact pieces below...

Hooray - you enjoyed the 4th of July festivities without getting pulled into the retail sales frenzy! But now that the flurry of holiday sales has passed, what are the real retail bargains in store this month? Right this way, you savvy shopper, you...

A Big-Box store may not be where you typically start a furniture search and especially so if you're seeking vintage furniture with a mid-century modern style. But if Craigslist, thrift stores and estate sales don't pan out and 1stdibs is out of your price range, you may discover some affordable MCM-inspired designs from some of the same behemoth retailers where you buy your socks and shampoo.

Another weekend, another wedding- sound like your summer? Soon all those lovebirds will be moving into their love nests and there will be another reason to celebrate. Leave all the really practical gifts for the family to buy and instead bring something unique and fun to the housewarming party. Whether the happy couple is starting from scratch in a new place or consolidating two spaces into one, it's nice to have a few new things that really mark the space as 'theirs'.